Residential Shipping Container Primer (RSCP™) is a reference for building with ISO Shipping containers. It is managed by architects and designers who have direct experience designing and constructing homes, commercial structures, pop-up shops, and mid-rise developments with shipping containers as the base building module.

RSCP™sets out to outline and detail the steps and stages required to turn recycled shipping containers into buildings. Including (but not limited to) feasibility, budgeting, scheme design, technical hurdles, site concerns, foundation, envelope, modifying structure, passive enhancements, construction documents, and permitting. Many are looking to containers today for their building projects. Why? Because it is a good idea whose time has come. But is it right for your project? RSCP™ can help you figure that out. Then help get it done with both overview and specific examples.

Inspiration for your container building project. Example buildings made from shipping containers. Some are residential, some are commercial, all show the potential of ISO shipping containers in building construction. Link here to the RSCP™Showcase of Built Projects.

RSCP™ is a Collaborative Forum and Design Resource.

RSCP™ is a mechanism to reinforce and expand common knowledge on how to build with shipping containers. It's a copy left venue modeled after open source software development where users can post their container build projects(link here) to ask questions, get help, record progress, or even showcase their build. The belief is that as available and ubiquitous as containers are throughout the world, so should the technology required to convert them into buildings and spaces be.